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This week’s set is 6062 Battering Ram.

Battering Ram was released in 1987. Two soldiers and one archer guard the Black Falcon tower and wall which can connect to 6074 Black Falcon’s Fortress. Two lion soldiers and one lion archer use the ram to attack the door in the wall.

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Definitely not as realistic as James' MOC, but, oh how we would all like to see something of this quality available again.

The battering ram was actually made out of useable parts, which means it could be turned into something else, useful ( a concept that should be returned to )

If this was available today I would buy 10...for starters. The fact that 10 battering rams would seem useless would cause me to find other uses for those parts they are made out of. We all remember how many not so useful (for anything else (stupid black doorway panels )) pieces there were in the last siege weaponry related set, Bull's Attack.

Minifigures, in a 1:1 ratio, 2 of the coolest factions. Enough castle pieces to make it worth while.

10/10...and no I do not have this set.....stupid GI Joe distracted my young mind....missed out on a lot of the 80's Lego

Let me start by saying that I think it's really a great set (one of my TOP10).

Unfortunately TLC deosn't seem to realize that when they reissue 6074, they had to reissue that set as well and launched them togther (even as a single set). For all of those who have 6074 - BFF it's a must have set. It was produced in 1987 replacing another great set in the same style 6061 (that was connecting to 6080).

I was so jealous that my friend bought that set, so to compete I saved my money to buy the Guarded Inn (6067 was a new set in 1987 in Israel so we saw both of those sets together).

It got a nice fortified wall which is guarded by an army of 3 BF while the Lion army tries to conquer it using a fortified Battering Ram. It included 4 light gray walls and 4 light gray corner walls. It does not include any hard to get parts though.

The nice small army of minifigs there is great (almost the same as the one in 6102).
I think it would have been nice if the BF had 2 more shields there but as always the lions shields were spread freely while the BF shields were hard to get.
For some reason in my instructions the BF blue shield appears green, if only the real shield were green as well.

To sum up, one of the best sets TLC ever made, perfect score 10/10
the only shame is that if TLC will reissue it, it will be in the New Gray

I just loved the battering ram, and I didn't give a hoot about the inacuracy about it, I was 6 for crying out loud! The figs are great, the beginings of my Black Falcon army. I really liked all the parts, combined with the BFF I made a larger castle and blew it to bits with my custom catapult

All the pertinent points about this set have been made, but I had to chime in to agree, I "sometimes" do that. Anyway this is one of my favs and I would probably buy about 20 of them if this was released as a legend. A big 10/10

Will

After a long absence, I have returned. I can't wait to start building again.

Great set! Great selection of figs! Though I wondered why the Black Falcons hed red hips (OK, they already had them in 6102.)

The wall section is very cool with the hinges and the little tower, so it made a great addition to my 6074 as others already said. The black door was very cool because it was a rare piece (only available in the King's Castle 6080 at that time) and black was much cooler for wood than the other doors I had.

The battering ram itself may not be historically accurate but I don't care at all. It was so much fun to play with it! Well, this machine wouldn't be able to break open any door if there was a lock bar installed.... ;)

There isn't much more I can say about this set that hasn't already been said. This is a wondeful set. In my mind, this set symbolizes everything that is classic Lego. Lego hasn't produced sets of this quality and caliber in years; and in my mind, I doubt that they will again, or at least for some time.

I agree that this set should be released as a legend to accompany the rerelease of the Black Falcon's Fortress, and as you all have said, it MUST be released in classic gray. In fact, I think any rerelease should be made in the same colors as hte original. (off topic, why they would change the colors is beyond me. Another stupid and crushing move by Lego).

This set easily gets and deserves a 10/10. Spectacular.

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